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it includes the stripping of all of his tour de france wins. t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: cycle's governing body make it official. lance armstrong will be stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from life. this past weekend he made two appearances at his organization live strong's 15th celebration. >> people ask mow how are tell d i've been worse. >> reporter: today's decision comes after the anti-doping agency accused him of leading the most successful doping program the organization has seen. the tour expects to remove his name from the record books, erasing his victories from 1999 to 2005. he has called them a witch-hunt. many sponsors have dropped him and he is stepping down as chairman of the organization. >> he's our founder and has been the inspiration. his cancer journey led to this place. >> reporter: 15 riders, including former rider floyd landis said they rue tonally used blood transfusions. >> it's been a birth sweet time, i think that live strong will live strong. >> reporter: the world's most famous cycle cou
it includes the stripping of all of his tour de france wins. t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: cycle's governing body make it official. lance armstrong will be stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from life. this past weekend he made two appearances at his organization live strong's 15th celebration. >> people ask mow how are tell d i've been worse. >> reporter: today's decision comes after the anti-doping agency accused him of leading the most...
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. >>> bee keepers in france say they are seeing strange colored honey. some of it's been coming out of the hive blue, even green. they say they think the color might be coming from a nearby factory that makes m&m's. they speculate that instead of picking up pollen from flowers, the bees are gathering the colored sugar coming from that plant they say they are not selling that colored honey. >>> it's the big dig mars-style. the curiosity rover will try out its scoop this weekend. the rover's mission will be to scoop up martian sand, then determine what it's made up. the sand will also serve as a sort of mouthwash for the rover to clean it's hard wear. the big dig starts tomorrow. >>> if you like the beatles, today is a significant date in history. it was on this date 50 years ago that the beatles released their first hit record. ♪ you know i love you! ♪ i'll always be true! ♪ so please, love me too! n]♪ >> that's love me, too. it was released on act 5th, 1962. while the song only made it to number 18 on the british charts, it was number 1 in the u.
. >>> bee keepers in france say they are seeing strange colored honey. some of it's been coming out of the hive blue, even green. they say they think the color might be coming from a nearby factory that makes m&m's. they speculate that instead of picking up pollen from flowers, the bees are gathering the colored sugar coming from that plant they say they are not selling that colored honey. >>> it's the big dig mars-style. the curiosity rover will try out its scoop this...
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. >> >> lance armstrong, seven tour de france titles no longer part of his twitter profile. he removed the reference to the race yesterday after he was stripped off the titles by the international union. armstrong's twitter biyo' says "raising my five kids, fighting cancer, swim, bike, golf when i can." he has been a prolific user of twitter and has nearly five million people on his page. >> >> can be -- . -- . >>> new at 5:00, as san jose approaches another unfortunate mark in its homicide rate. robert is there with the latest killing there -- >> reporter: the san jose police department is investigating their 3th homicide of the year. a pace that matched last year when the city had 40, the highest total since 1997. vet tors are not releasing many details about the latest killing except to call it a domestic violence crime of passion. people at this home today did not want to talk about the shooting death that took place during a party here this past weekend. 20-year-old anna kuhn was arrested after officers say she used a handgun to shoot her boyfriend saturday night. >> it
. >> >> lance armstrong, seven tour de france titles no longer part of his twitter profile. he removed the reference to the race yesterday after he was stripped off the titles by the international union. armstrong's twitter biyo' says "raising my five kids, fighting cancer, swim, bike, golf when i can." he has been a prolific user of twitter and has nearly five million people on his page. >> >> can be -- . -- . >>> new at 5:00, as san jose approaches...
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the retired seven-time winner of the tour de france says he did it for the good of his nonprofit, the livestrong foundation. >> i feel bad for the charity. i think he did work hard to build that up. >> reporter: livestrong distributed 70 million of these wrist bands worldwide, last year providing $6 million in anti-cancer programs. >> in order to protect this organization from any kind of effect as a result of the controversy from the cycling world, he would step down as chairman. >> reporter: nike dropped armstrong as an endorser, reportedly worth $50 million over five years. anheuser-busch said it would drop armstrong over the next five years. >> he never let it go through the process, so no one will ever know. >> reporter: cyclists say armstrong is trapped. there is now mounting evidence that he lied. >> i think we were all fans because it was so excited to see what he was doing. >> he behaved dishonestly but tried to do good things. >> reporter: the doping controversy appears to have no effect on livestrong's fund- raising. donations this year are actually up. reporting live, john
the retired seven-time winner of the tour de france says he did it for the good of his nonprofit, the livestrong foundation. >> i feel bad for the charity. i think he did work hard to build that up. >> reporter: livestrong distributed 70 million of these wrist bands worldwide, last year providing $6 million in anti-cancer programs. >> in order to protect this organization from any kind of effect as a result of the controversy from the cycling world, he would step down as...